Cool. Do you plan on tracking each member’s progress? Maybe a file for each member, with a score for “physical capacity, introspection, planning and execution skill,” etc? Or are you planning on keeping things less concrete than that?

I wanted to comment in order to, at the very least, publicly say that I love pretty much everything about this, and am crossing both fingers for its resounding success, both for the good it will do and the lessons we can all learn from it even if its success ends up looking different from how it’s currently envisioned.

The main point of potential limitation that you acknowledge is that the time investment and rigid scheduling leaves a lot of people out of luck: either because their job is not a standard 9-5 that would allow for predictable morning or evening availability, or due to people having their own projects to work on. This can be seen as a plus, of course, since the house is going to be committing to long term and serious group projects, which is more beneficial in both directions for those who aren’t currently committed to other endeavors.

So I will be interested in seeing how things adapt if someone in the house, for example, levels up a bit, finds a new job that changes their ability to commit to house requirements, or discovers or commits to a desire to create, say, a long running series of blog posts/​videos/​web serial/​etc, but at the potential sacrifice of group projects, if not house-wide projects.

The ideal outcome in such a case might be, if possible, “wait until the current year is up then find a replacement and go do my own thing.” Since people are likely to grow attached to the people and living situation of such a tight-knit “army,” however, there’s going to be some internal friction and conflict for many.

This ties into the larger idea, which I love, of “individual leveling up and sending superhero graduates out into the world to do lots and lots of exploring and tackle a wide number of strategies.” I don’t know how a “graduate” would be determined, other than potentially just by the person themselves.

Do you forsee yourself basically having a sitdown with one of your Dragons in a year or so and saying, “Hey X, I think you’ve grown a lot in your time with us, I’m so happy you were part of this, and I think we’re hitting some pretty strong diminishing returns on what we can teach you going forward. Meanwhile I’ve got about a hundred people banging on the door to join us, but no room for them. You have three months to think seriously about what you’re going to do next, and then we’ll help you find a new place to live, preferably nearby if you want to stay close?”